Berhampur: Kandhamal police on Monday arrested six people for their alleged role in illegal ganja cultivation in remote forest and hill areas under different police stations. Around 199 acres of illegal ganja cultivation have been destroyed by a joint team that raided various places.“Acting on a tip-off, six joint teams consisting of the excise, revenue, forest and police personnel raided the ganja cultivated areas under Baliguda, Phirigia, Khajuripada, Tikabali, Tumudibandh and Gochapada police station area on Sunday,” said SP (Kandhamal) Ramendra Prasad on Monday.Around 300 people were engaged in the destruction work. He said after destroying the ganja cultivation, the areas were sealed. The samples were sent for examination to the state forensic science laboratory. Detailed investigations into inter-state trafficking linkages, organised syndicates and financial sponsors funding the illicit farming are under investigation, he said.Earlier, police had arrested six people for their alleged role in ganja cultivation in forest areas in Phulbani Sadar police station limits and destroyed around 60 acres of ganja cultivation area.Police have chalked out the strategy with an aim at “mission zero cannabis cultivation” in the tribal-dominated district and at destroying the illegal cultivation.